This is the third entry of a series I am doing about How to save time on your PC. These are a few of the ways that I try to shave off minutes or even hours of wasted time on my computer each month.
6. Manage Multiple Email addresses
Lucky for you, I am going to save you the countless hours I spent trying to find a way to manage my multiple email addresses. Lets say you have a Yahoo email account and a Gmail account that you use both for different reasons.
How much time could you save if you could view your email from both accounts in one place?Maybe a little, maybe a lot. But, if you have about 5 active email addresses like me you know that it is a huge time waster to have to go to 5 different accounts to view my email.
Well, I tried Outlook, I tried Entourage, and I also tried Thunderbird to manage my email. Each has their own pros and cons, but what I was looking for was a way to view my email from any computer and have it all stored in one centralized location.
Enter GMAIL. This may sound like a Google commercial, but it’s not. I just am very excited that they provide the solution to my problem.
Gmail allows you to manage all of your email addresses from your Gmail inbox. You can receive your Hotmail or Yahoo email into your Gmail inbox and you can also send email from these addresses all in the comfort of your Gmail inbox. It can easily be set up by clicking on SETTINGS when at your Gmail inbox, and then clicking on the ACCOUNTS tab. From here you can add your various email addresses. Get detailed instructions from Google on setting this up.
7. Save time with a Feedreader
Basically this is a way to get updated content from various websites sent to you – rather than you having to go to each website individually.
Look for this Icon
or 
and when you see it you can add add that site’s updated content to your feedreader. I use Google’s feedreader, but Bloglines is really nice and there are other good ones out there as well. Check out this video for a little more detail about Google’s Feed Reader.
Check out Part Four for the last few tips…
How to save time on your PC – Part One
How to save time on your PC – Part Two
How to save time on your PC – Part Four
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I wonder if Gmail allows you to watch a couple of their accounts at a time….I’ll have to check that. Because I mostly only use Gmail. But I do have a yahoo account, I think, so I’ll look into that.